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,Leners Baan: N 91,607, @ma June 22, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOODQROLLER The Schedule referred to in these-LettersPatent and making part of the same. I.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Witmau J. OOXNELL, of West Unity, in the county ofWilliams, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Im provementin Flood- Rollers; and, I ;do' hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof', reference being had to the`accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.y

M y 'invention consists in a hollow `Octagon roller, in combination withtwo slotted posts, or uprights, for the purpose of a flood-roller.

. rI he accompanying drawing represents au isometric perspective off-myimproved flood-roller.'

, In the .construction and arrangement of my floodroller, it isnecessary' to employ two posts, B, with slots, B', to receive the axisof the roller.

These posts may be framed into mud-sills, A, which may also be connectedby a cross-sill, A'.

lraces,l), are set on the lower side of the posts, and the nn`1dsillsmay be held by a stone or block, C, t0 prevent swagging. But themud-sills are not essen- `tial, as the posts may he set firmly iu theground.

The roller,I G, is made with eight sides 'and angles, so that th'ecurrent of water, striking against the same, will give the roller 'arotary motion. It may be made hollow, out of inch boards, so that theroller will easily oat on the water, and rise and fall with the stream.lhe axis ofV the roller is placed loosely in the slots B', and slidesfreely up and down in these slots as the roller rises and falls ith thewater.

The roller may'be made, usually, about two and a.

half to four feet in diameter, lbut the size maybe va,-

ried at pleasure, according to circumstances, and the Theabove-described roller isjvery cheap and dura bien It will drawflood-wood, and everything afloat, immediately under it, thus "allowingnothing to accumulate, or cateh against and damage the roller-,orobstruct the stream.

This loller forms a complete fence against all kinds of stock.

I do not limit my claim to an Octagon roller, as a six-sided roller, orany other polygon roller, may be used; but I prefer the roller abovedescribed.

I do not broadly claim the separate vdevices above described, but Ibelieve the above arrangement of roller is an improvement over anythingheretofore known.

Having thus fully describedmy invention,

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

lhe above-described Octagon, or polygon roller, in combination with theslotted posts, substantially in the manner and for the purposes setforth.

Y WILLIAM J. GONNELL.

Vitnesses:

13.0. BAXTER,

STANLEY KENT.

